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The Guide #176: Seas of smartphones and bulky backpacks: the worst things about going to gigs

This week, our inbox filled up with critics’ and readers’ least favourite things about live music, from the death of the cloakroom to two-day drum solos

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The Guide #172: Will Severance be worth the wait, and seven more culture storylines in 2025

In this week’s newsletter: From the return of Apple’s hit thriller to the most open Oscar race I can remember, this year has so much in store for us culture vultures

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The Guide #175: The Traitors – terrific escapism or flawed format?

In this week’s newsletter: As the series reaches its finale we ponder who is going to win, who deserves to win – and if anyone really listens to ‘Traitor pop’

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The Guide #173: In praise of The Brutalist’s bladder-friendly intermission

Brady Corbet’s three-hour American epic has a helpful 15-minute break – with Hollywood’s ever-escalating runtimes, shouldn’t this be the norm?

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The Guide #173: Why Netflix and Spotify don’t seem to care if we are paying attention

In this week’s newsletter: From Spotify’s bland ghost artists to Netflix’s ‘will this do?’ roster of movies, have audiences succumbed to the age of distraction?

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The Guide #168: What does my true crime obsession say about me?

In this week’s newsletter: From Dahmer to Sweet Bobby, the commodification of suffering is big business. I’ve looked into why we can’t get enough of other people’s misery

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The Guide #167: Could Kendrick Lamar’s GNX jumpstart a new wave of surprise releases?

In this week’s newsletter: Just when it seemed there was nothing shocking about an unexpected album drop, Lamar made a truly transgressive move

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The Guide #166: If 2024 is the year of the podcast, here’s what still sucks about the medium

In today’s newsletter: As Joe Rogan’s three-hour ramble with Donald Trump vindicates lengthy runtimes, here are our biggest grievances from the last 12 months

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The Guide #164: The quit list – when to give up on that book, TV show and more

They say quitters never prosper, but then what do ‘they’ really know? When we’re inundated with things to read, watch, hear and play, don’t be afraid to throw in the towel

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The Guide #163: Insult comedy and the right wing’s budding bromance

In this week’s newsletter: The roast can be a brilliant medium – but as Tony Hinchcliffe found out when he insulted Puerto Rico, a political rally really isn’t the place for slinging slurs

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The Guide #162: Terrifier 3’s ultraviolence is too much for me but IMDb offers salvation for the squeamish

In this week’s newsletter: An axe-wielding clown has had gorehounds flocking to cinemas. The rest of us can enjoy it thanks to a Wikipedia for wusses

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The Guide #159: Won’t somebody think of the children? The shows that traumatised you as kids

In this week’s newsletter: We asked what scared the bejesus out of you when you were young – and the response was overwhelming. From Oz to Omen, here are the scenes still giving you nightmares

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The Guide #158: Video games are the new frontier for pop culture’s obsession with the past

In this week’s newsletter: From Tomb Raider to Silent Hill, our all-time favourite games are being restored – but like film and TV before it, does this nostalgia come at the expense of new ideas?

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The Guide #156: Why ER still gets my heart racing

Rewatching the finest hospital drama ever to grace our screens, I’ve realised why some old shows remain in good health while others die an early death

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The Guide #154: Colin from Accounts and Britain’s special relationship with Aussie TV

In this week’s newsletter: There’s a rich history of Australian shows beloved in the UK, from Neighbours to Round the Twist. Let’s add this comedy to the list

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The Guide #153: Brat summer’s been fun – but it’s time for something more mature

In this week’s newsletter: From Charli to Taylor, Chappell to Sabrina, poptimism has never seemed like more of a success. But are we at saturation point?

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The Guide #152: Sherwood, band T-shirt etiquette and more reader questions answered

In this week’s newsletter: Is James Graham’s drama its generation’s ‘state of the nation’ show? And why you should wear a Slipknot shirt to a Sugababes gig

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The Guide #151: Meet Solar Heavy, the inescapable EDM artist flooding my timeline

In this week’s newsletter: While Taylor Swift may reign in the charts, it’s a mysterious, AI-driven electronic musician and their relentless ad campaign that’s impossible to ignore

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The Guide #150: From Fantasmas to Heels, five new shows to get you through a quiet summer

In this week’s newsletter: Yes, we’re all watching the Olympics … but what are you meant to watch before you tuck in for the night? Here’s what we’ll be watching

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The Guide #148: Soul-destroying, sterile and expensive – have arena gigs had their day?

The bland and massive indoor show lacks the sweaty closeness of a smaller venue or the eye-popping scale of a stadium – it’s time we celebrated more characterful alternatives

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The Guide #146: The best culture of the year (so far)

In this week’s newsletter: From Brat girl summer to the swaggering Shōgun, here are our favourite TV shows, albums, films, podcasts, books and games of 2024

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The Guide #145: Performers on their must-watch Glastonbury sets, from Charli XCX to Yard Act

In this week’s newsletter: From exciting new acts to the big names, this year’s lineup is packed to the rafters. Here’s who Paul Heaton, Nia Archives and more recommend

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The Guide #144: Severance, Stranger Things and the annoying trend of waiting years for a new season

In this week’s newsletter: Fans of the Ben Stiller-directed show may have to wait three years to see what happens next to Mark and Helly – but is telly best when it acts quickly to keeps viewers hooked?

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The Guide #143: Welcome to the era of TV’s Anachronistically Audacious Historical Heroine

In this week’s newsletter: My Lady Jane is the latest in a subgenre of fun, raucous and yet slightly patronising reimaginings of revolutionary women from the past

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The Guide #142: Are we in the most stress-inducing era of TV ever? Let’s break it down

From Blue Lights to Baby Reindeer, today’s telly should come with a health warning. Here’s our rundown of the most tense shows

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